Bananas are dying. At least the variety we commonly eat in the States. They have Panamas Disease, and due to being raised as a gigantic monoculture, there is no cure.
Soon -- in five, 10 or 30 years -- the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist. The story of how the banana rose and fell can be seen a strange parable about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world -- and where they are leading us.Read the whole article by Johann Hari from the Seattle PI.
From office chat, Sunday brunch and dinner
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